Today’s random object from the Random Object Randomogrifier is a World War II radioman. The significance of the World War II radioman is that it was the first time radio was portable in combat.
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121. Garden Snail: An Invasive Species You’d Invite to Dinner
Garden Snail Sketch Garden snails are invasive on every continent except Antarctica. They traveled the world in a tub of butter.
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117. Diplodocus: Ballerina of the Longnecks
Diplodocus Skull Sketch This morning’s random object was a Diplodocus skull. Diplodocus were the long, slender, and maybe graceful sauropods of Minnesota.
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116. Hieroglyph of Re: Let The Sunshine In
Hieroglyph Sketch This morning’s sketch was a toy hieroglyph representing the Egyptian sun god Re. But it’s more than just a symbol, it’s a full-blown mythology crammed into one plastic bird.
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115. Bighorn Ram: Getting Hammered for Love for 700,000 Years
Bighorn Ram Sketch Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) came to North America about 700,000 years ago by way of the Bering Strait. But once they got here, they never went back.
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